The Charity Commission has unveiled a refreshed suite of guidance to help trustees protect their charities from fraud and cyber crime. Read our summary of the article from the gov.uk website.
+ Read moreIn this guest piece Dr Haydn Morgan from the University of Bath reviews a recent paper published in the journal Youth Justice.
+ Read moreOn the seventh anniversary of the first prison parkrun event in the UK, discover why these events change lives.
+ Read moreParticipate in this review of online knife sales from the National Police Chiefs Council and Home Office by the 9th December deadline to make a difference to future legislation, policy and practice.
+ Read moreJames Mapstone, Alliance of Sport CEO discusses the essential role of physical activity in reducing reoffending rates.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport COO, Justin Coleman, is thrilled to be returning to Include Summit, alongside Dr. Hannah Hammond, for the third year in a row.
+ Read moreA reflection from Alliance of Sport COO Justin Coleman on his visit the Street Football Wales Impact launch and tournament.
+ Read moreGroundbreaking inquiry launched to examine physical activity levels in England and Wales’ secure estate
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport are delighted to have been given a boost to their Get Well Stay Well initiative with a £30,000 grant from the Peter Harrison Foundation.
+ Read moreLevelling the Playing Field has released a new report: "PINBALL SYSTEMS, SNAKES AND LADDERS OR PERSON-CENTRED PROVISION" written by Prof. Amanda Kirby.
+ Read moreThe APPG is issuing this public call for evidence, have your say by scanning the QR code or clicking on the link within the article.
+ Read moreDownload a copy of the LtPF "Leadership Development Through Action Learning" toolkit to develop leadership, knowledge, skills, behaviours and habits.
+ Read morePolitical parties must prioritise the contribution of sport and physical activity if they are genuinely committed to tackling crime and anti-social behaviour, according to new research published today
+ Read moreSeventeen-year-old Dylan is set to complete a remarkable journey from serving a sentence inside HMP & YOI Parc to returning through the gates as a trainee rugby coach.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has added immense experience and expertise to its Board with the appointment of former Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Sally Benatar as a Trustee.
+ Read moreNew research from StreetGames paints an alarming picture of a "physical and mental health timebomb" for young people.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has produced a report for the Thailand Institute of Justice which will be a key component in advancing sport as a positive force in combating youth crime across South East Asia.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is backing Right to Sport - a new plan from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) which would guarantee all secondary school pupils two hours of extra-curricular sport every week.
+ Read moreYoung people, role models, leaders and dignitaries were united in celebration at Saturday’s 2023 Levelling the Playing Field National Awards at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.
+ Read moreThe custodial estate will join in with 'parkrun for the NHS' celebrations this weekend to mark the NHS's 75th anniversary.
+ Read moreJune's meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System reviewed the impact of the Ministry of Justice's Youth Justice Sport Fund.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport took young leaders from organisations in the Levelling the Playing Field project to represent the voice of young people at last week’s YJB Youth Justice Leaders’ Summit.
+ Read moreOver 50 leaders from across government, health, sport, justice and the secure estate gathered at the House of Lords for the parliamentary launch of the Get Well, Stay Well Agreement.
+ Read moreAre you passionate about financial and operational excellence? We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Finance & Operations Manager.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has opened the door for Leeds Rhinos Foundation to deliver a sport and education programme with children and young people inside HMPYOI Wetherby.
+ Read moreThe Deputy Prime Minister has hailed the vital role that sport and physical activity can play in “turning young lives around” following the launch of the ground-breaking Youth Justice Sport Fund.
+ Read moreThere has “never been a better time” for sport and physical activity to play a greater role in preventing children and young people entering into the welfare and justice systems.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport's Taskforce on Physical Activity and Sport in the Criminal Justice System has launched The Get Well, Stay Well Agreement.
+ Read moreMore than 200 community sport organisations across England and Wales have been awarded new public funding aimed at using sport and physical activity to prevent youth crime and anti-social behaviour.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has released a ground-breaking report which outlines a model for effective partnership working in sport and criminal justice.
+ Read moreThe ground-breaking Levelling the Playing Field project was the subject of the 10th meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System.
+ Read moreA group of Sport for Development charities have launched a Ministry of Justice-funded initiative providing £5million for sports programmes focused on preventing youth crime and anti-social behaviour.
+ Read moreAn interim report has highlighted the many successes of the ground-breaking national £1.7m Levelling the Playing Field project managed by the Alliance of Sport and Youth Justice Board.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has launched leadership training for community Sport for Development organisations - using a learning process that focuses on ‘real life’ daily issues faced in the sector.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport CEO and Co-Founder, James Mapstone, recounts his experience from the recent third ASEAN Conference on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
+ Read moreBright Star Boxing Club in Shropshire uses a trauma-informed approach to support the 450 young people on its programmes and improve their life chances.
+ Read moreThe potential of boxing to prevent crime and violence and turn lives around is being under-exploited within the criminal justice sector.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has gained three new Board members thanks to ASPIRE, a pioneering programme by BeOnBoard which aims to increase the diversity of third-sector boardrooms in Bristol.
+ Read moreAdvantage Mentoring have partnered with football club community organisations (CCOs) and the NHS to engage 14-21-year-olds in mental health support to prevent their lives heading down the wrong path.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport’s comms lead Mike Dale explores how some Sport for Development organisations are innovating in how they record and demonstrate their impact.
+ Read moreOpportunities for tackling youth crime and violence through sport and physical activity was the subject of the ninth meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System.
+ Read moreJuan Lopez has achieved remarkably rapid success in using calisthenics in prisons and community settings to activate, motivate and guide people towards better life outcomes.
+ Read moreLevelling the Playing Field, the project managed by Alliance of Sport in partnership with the Youth Justice Board, has appointed its first Regional Coordinator.
+ Read moreAs part of our support for the Sport for Development Coalition’s #OpenGoal campaign – which coincides with International Day of Sport for Development and Peace - we profile Kameron's journey.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport's comms lead Mike Dale on why Levelling the Playing Field (managed by AoS and the Youth Justice Board) aligns so closely with Government's topical 'Levelling Up' agenda.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport will mark the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) on April 6 by supporting the launch of the ‘Open Goal’ campaign.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has been named one of the most exciting new businesses in the South West of England after being shortlisted as part of a brand new awards programme.
+ Read moreThe eighth meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System focused on outstanding examples of engaging women and girls in the community and secure estate.
+ Read moreEngland Netball has partnered with the Metropolitan Police to launch ‘Beyond the Court’, a project using netball to engage girls who are at risk of becoming involved in the Criminal Justice System.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport ambassador David Haze is taking his next paddleboarding challenge to even further extremes as he attempts to traverse the longest lakes in 33 European countries in 66 days.
+ Read moreAn organisation in Nottingham that effects positive change in the community and custody through the power of football is being backed by the daughter of one of the city's most iconic figures.
+ Read moreA pilot sport and fitness course for prison leavers is achieving “quite incredible” impact with its first cohort of men serving probation.
+ Read moreThe seventh meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System heard how Birmingham 2022 can “re-set, re-engage and re-empower" young people.
+ Read moreSlave-Free Alliance is calling on football clubs to work with them to reduce the risk of modern slavery in their day-to-day operations and supply chains.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice has published its Impact Report for 2020/21.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport was delighted to contribute to the December 10 report from the House of Lords Committee on a National Plan for Sport and Recreation.
+ Read moreFootball’s positive impact on crime, violence and reoffending was the subject of the sixth meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System.
+ Read moreMarvin King hopes to guide young people through adversity towards success through a new project with The Ring Boxing Club Foundation.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport Ambassador David Haze has smashed his fundraising target and set another stand-up paddleboarding world record!
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is proud to announce the launch of the Taskforce on Physical Activity and Sport in the Criminal Justice System.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has secured funding for three innovative sport-based initiatives in youth custody that form part of the Levelling the Playing Field project.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport Ambassador David Haze is setting off on another world record-chasing adventure to raise funds to support our work.
+ Read moreThe APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System has called for more ambition and coordination in gathering the evidence to prove sport and physical activity's impact on crime.
+ Read morePro boxer Joe Maphosa has become an Ambassador for the Alliance of Sport and the Levelling the Playing Field project.
+ Read moreOur Ambassador David Haze has described his latest world record-breaking fundraising feat as "the hardest thing I've ever done".
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport Ambassador David Haze is about to embark on his next ambitious fundraising adventure – stand-up paddleboarding 208km along the River Thames!
+ Read more3Pillars Project has launched a plan to change the lives of over 100 young men in prison through a revolutionary sports-based mentoring initiative.
+ Read moreNew research on how to form effective partnerships in sport and criminal justice has been published by Dr Haydn Morgan and Dr Colin Baker from the University of Gloucestershire.
+ Read moreA football festival to divert young people away from gangs and petty crime is to be held on Nottingham’s Clifton estate, supported by Ministers and the local tram network.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has named David Haze as an Ambassador after his recent multi-world record-breaking feats to raise money for the charity.
+ Read moreMinister for Safeguarding Victoria Atkins has challenged the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System to build an evidence base to prove sport's impact on crime and violence.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice is offering its Community of Practice the chance to get involved in a new initiative to deliver personal wellbeing support to prison leavers.
+ Read moreThe benefits of surfing for people with mental health issues are well documented, and now one coach in South Wales is using the waves to help resettle former prison residents back in the community.
+ Read moreAndrew Anastasiou has joined the Alliance of Sport team as Strategic Development Consultant and brings with him 35 years of business wisdom and hugely diverse experience.
+ Read moreAlex Chalk, Under Secretary of State for Justice, pledged his full support for strengthening the use of sport in criminal justice at Monday night’s (May 17) All Party Parliamentary Group meeting.
+ Read moreDavid Haze’s world record-breaking paddle boarding attempt to raise money for the Alliance of Sport is just the start of a summer of epic personal sporting adventures.
+ Read moreSports Connect’s work with Novus and HMPPS at Cookham Wood YOI in Kent offers an exciting blueprint for how sport and community partnerships can positively impact on reoffending.
+ Read moreAhead of his epic four-day world record attempt to raise money to support the Alliance of Sport, David Haze explains how time in prison sparked a passion for sport in criminal justice.
+ Read moreDIVERT Lancashire, a project to cut reoffending rates which involves the community trusts of Lancashire's professional football clubs, is set to kick off in earnest.
+ Read moreAn innovative partnership between Pete Bell’s ‘Step Out Stay Out’ football-based rehabilitation programme and HMP Lowdham Grange looks set to benefit prison leavers and a deprived Nottingham estate.
+ Read moreA new All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System was launched on Monday (March 8), with the Alliance of Sport as its Secretariat.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport Co-Founder and Chief Executive, James Mapstone, will be speaking on Monday morning at the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
+ Read moreUnicef UK has praised the "innovative blueprint" offered by our Levelling the Playing Field project in efforts to tackle over-representation in the Youth Justice System.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport was instrumental in producing evidence for a new book detailing the impact of Covid-19 on sport across the world.
+ Read moreCriminal Defence Barrister Joe Tarbert offers a personal view on how sport could be embedded into the legal system to help reduce reoffending.
+ Read moreDavid Haze aims to set four world records in four days and raise money for the Alliance of Sport in an epic paddleboarding adventure.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is proud to launch our 2019 - 2020 Impact Report, documenting some outstanding achievement and progress over a challenging year.
+ Read moreThe Growth Project, which seeks to transform organisational culture in prisons, is set to expand into HMP Hewell and HMP Foston Hall in 2021.
+ Read morePete Bell, founder of the Step Out Stay Out football-based rehabilitation project, is planning a resettlement programme to help reduce reoffending among prison leavers.
+ Read moreTwo former prison residents and two prison officers are planning to climb Mount Everest together in a bid to raise awareness of reform and rehabilitation.
+ Read more“A team effort” is how Jamie Grundy describes the successful campaign to get Prescoed FC – the only prison football team in Wales – reinstated into the Gwent League.
+ Read moreThe positive effects of yoga within criminal justice are being recognised by practitioners and researchers on both sides of the Atlantic.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is delighted to have secured a grant of £90,048 from Sport England which we will distribute to frontline organisations involved in our Levelling the Playing Field project.
+ Read moreLevelling the Playing Field – the £1.7m project using the power of sport to reduce over-representation of minority and ethnic groups in youth justice – has officially launched its new website.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport and Professor Rosie Meek are to lead a new research project with the Thailand Institute of Justice compiling best practice for using sport in youth crime prevention.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport in Criminal Justice, and the Levelling the Playing Field (LtPF) project, are delighted to be supported by the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Support Hub.
+ Read moreCEO James Mapstone talks about how Alliance of Sport is already playing a strong role in the drive for equality with the Levelling the Playing Field project.
+ Read moreLevelling the Playing Field (LtPF), the new Alliance of Sport-led project funded by the London Marathon Charitable Trust, has received a major honour by being endorsed by United by Birmingham 2022.
+ Read moreNovus teamed up with England Squash to deliver a highly successful new initiative at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in Warwickshire.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport in Criminal Justice was delighted to have its Levelling the Playing Field project mentioned in the Youth Justice Board’s 2020-21 business plan.
+ Read moreActive Lancashire’s Challenge Through Sport Initiative (CSI) has moved into an exciting new area with the formation of a partnership with Lancashire United.
+ Read moreThe Sport for Development Coalition (SFDC) received a major boost with new National Lottery funding announced by Sport England, along with further support from Comic Relief and Laureus Sport for Good.
+ Read moreLevelling the Playing Field - the new Alliance of Sport-led project, has moved onto its next stage with the appointment of Dr Hannah Baumer.
+ Read moreAston Villa have highlighted the value of Leadership and teamwork by collaborating with HMP Birmingham to support a cohort of men who are approaching release back into the community.
+ Read moreAndy Mouncey has taken his ‘Run For Your Life’ mantra into prison to deliver a string of successful fitness-first programmes at HMP Wymott.
+ Read moreWhen the opportunity came along to take rugby union into prisons, Dragons Rugby picked up the ball and ran with it. Five years later, they’re still running.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport would like to congratulate Keith Fraser, new Chair of the Youth Justice Board. Keith will start today, 14 April 2020, for a period of three years.
+ Read moreDuring these difficult times, we know our Community of Practice is busy finding ways to continue engaging with their beneficiaries who may be missing out on vital support whilst in lockdown.
+ Read moreHMPPS’s European Social Fund (ESF) Co-Financing Organisation has set out delivery requirements for a number of new Activity Hubs designed to provide safe places for people in the CJS.
+ Read moreAs more and more prisons across the world introduce weekly parkruns, stories are emerging of the enriching impact that events are having on hundreds of detainees.
+ Read moreA leading candidate to be Avon and Somerset’s next Police and Crime Commissioner has outlined his vision for sport’s central role in reducing offending across the region.
+ Read moreLevelling the Playing Field, our project with the Youth Justice Board, has been highlighted as a “significant action” in a new Ministry of Justice report into tackling racial disparity in the CJS.
+ Read moreFour prominent members of the Alliance of Sport’s Community of Practice are to lead debate on partnerships in sport and criminal justice at the first of a series of events taking place across England.
+ Read moreRudro Sen has been appointed as Project Manager for Levelling The Playing Field – the Alliance of Sport’s new three-year project using sport to address disproportionality in the youth justice system.
+ Read moreFind out how residents and staff at two women’s prisons in England have experienced positive changes in health and wellbeing thanks to the innovative Wellbeing Champions programme: The Human 5.
+ Read moreLondon’s biggest climbing wall is an appropriate place for prison leavers who are helped to overcome huge obstacles in their lives by the Reasons Why Foundation. Find out how they do it.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport was honoured to travel to Thailand to participate in the Expert Group meeting of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
+ Read moreOn the second anniversary of its first foray into the custodial estate, parkrun has thanked the Alliance of Sport for its role in helping to establish events in prisons across the world.
+ Read moreWassenberg Squirrels baseball club in Heinsberg, Germany, is setting the perfect example for how partnerships with community sport can be a powerful force for rehabilitation in criminal justice.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice has received a record £1,000,000 grant from the London Marathon Charitable Trust to deliver a major new project with the Youth Justice Board.
+ Read moreSadiq Khan is investing in sport to combat the serious youth violence epidemic in London. But what about the rest of the UK? The Alliance of Sport found out the state of play...
+ Read moreWhen Nick Burke finished his second spell in prison he was determined never to return, and to help people in his underprivileged area of Salford avoid the pitfalls of crime. Read how he did it.
+ Read moreTraining offenders to be Football Association futsal Level 1 coaches is just the latest of Pete Bell’s pioneering initiatives using sport to improve the prospects of people in prison.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport’s Theory of Change (ToC) has been analysed by experts in the field of sport and criminal justice to open it up to academic critique and debate.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice won the ‘Collaboration Award’ at Tuesday night’s Legal & General Not A Red Card Awards at the Kia Oval in London.
+ Read more90 Minutes of Freedom is the self-published debut book by Jamie Grundy which tells the unique story of HMP Prescoed FC, the only prisoner football team in Wales.
+ Read moreRowing is proving to be a highly effective engagement tool with young people at risk of offending - thanks to London Youth Rowing’s Life Skills programme.
+ Read moreFind out how the Streetbase programme combines sport, young volunteers and an innovative ‘activity map’ to support young people at-risk of crime in Waltham Forest, East London.
+ Read moreSport is at the heart of vital support for asylum seekers and refugees in Newport, South Wales – boosting wellbeing and social inclusion, and providing a diversion from the temptations of crime.
+ Read morePete Bell, founder of football-based offender mentoring programme Step Out Stay Out, reveals what he learned from the innovative Football Works Festival held inside a Dutch jail.
+ Read moreMore than 3,000 young people will be given places at sport and activity programmes this summer to help keep them away from possible violence and crime, Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has announced.
+ Read moreServing offenders from HMP Thorn Cross have begun working with young people at risk of school exclusions on a boxing programme in Cheshire – with immediate results for both parties.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice has pledged its support for ukactive’s campaign to open schools as community hubs during the summer holidays.
+ Read moreSport and physical activity are at the heart of an innovative project aimed at helping rehabilitate young people held at Medway Secure Training Centre in Kent.
+ Read moreEdgework Consulting , based in Boston, USA, has published a report offering fresh perspective into how sport provides a pathway to healing from the psychological trauma caused by ACEs.
+ Read moreJanet Sylvester from Leeds Rhinos Foundation reflects on how they've overcome many hurdles in setting up two sport-based prison projects working with offenders.
+ Read moreRead how HFE's partnership with the Prisoners' Education Trust is offering incarcerated offenders a priceless chance of rehabilitation and employment in the health and fitness industry.
+ Read moreThe 'Alternative Lives’ prison programme delivered by Exeter City, Plymouth Argyle and Cardiff City FC community trusts has hugely benefited participants, coaches and prison staff.
+ Read moreWhen it comes to working with people caught up in crime, ‘collaboration’ and ‘multi-agency approach’ are modern buzz words. No-one embodies those philosophies better than the Met's PC Jason Hill.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is delighted to see recognition in the Youth Justice Board’s 2019-20 business plan of the role sport plays in supporting young people in the criminal justice system.
+ Read moreThe charity Crimestoppers is rapidly expanding its Fearless programme in Wales to encourage young people to report crime – and they are using sport as a vehicle to get the message across.
+ Read moreThe Burngreave area of Sheffield may be top and bottom of all the “wrong lists” but it has recently become a showcase for the power of sport to empower and unite local communities.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is proud to have contributed to the new DCMS Committee report, ‘Changing Lives: the social impact of participation in culture and sport’.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport Trustee Professor Rosie Meek introduces a new Ministry of Justice toolkit that measures the effectiveness of programmes supporting desistance from crime.
+ Read moreSport and physical activity’s power as a catalyst for change in the criminal justice system will be among the topics of discussion at Elevate – a free event at ExCel London on Wednesday May 8.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is delighted that the UK's successful prison parkrun programme has now expanded to Australia.
+ Read moreThe outstanding work of Positive Futures in using sport as a tool to reduce crime is expanding across south-east Wales, with new partnerships and collaborations boosting their impact.
+ Read moreThe National Youth Agency and All-Part Pariamentary Group for Youth Affairs have published their final report from the inquiry into Youth Work.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport members Boxing Futures have showcased their ever-growing impact with a powerful video depicting one young person's transformation through sport.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport were among the speakers in London’s Soho on Thursday night (March 28) as major players in the Sport for Development sector came together at Twitter’s UK headquarters.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has completed a Sport England-funded pilot project in two secure establishments in Kent which tested the effectiveness of sports clubs on reducing offending.
+ Read moreHelen Arnold-Richardson, Business Director at Do-It Profiler, explains why their new glossary of prison language will support both offenders and staff within the criminal justice system.
+ Read moreThe Prisoners Education Trust is seeking the views of users of the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to feed back into HMPPS.
+ Read morePete Bell is using the knowledge and experience from his ‘Step Out, Stay Out’ prison football programme to organise a sports event to foster community cohesion on the Clifton estate in Nottingham.
+ Read moreDo you deliver sport and physical activity and work with probation services? Read this Clinks guidance on how to prepare for the MoJ's forthcoming changes in this area.
+ Read moreOur Steering Group member Dr Haydn Morgan, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise at the University of Gloucestershire, needs your help in a fascinating new research project.
+ Read moreProfessor Rosie Meek, an Alliance of Sport advisor, recently spoke to Radio New Zealand about her research into the benefits of sport and physical activity in prisons. Listen to it here.
+ Read moreJason McKoy is experienced enough to know what works - and what doesn’t - in Sport for Development. His years of delivering programmes with offenders and at-risk young people give his opinion clout...
+ Read moreProfessor Rosie Meek gives some honest thoughts on the progress achieved in the six months since the publication of her landmark ‘Review of Sport in Youth and Adult Prisons’.
+ Read moreFunding Touch Rugby training, refereeing and coaching qualifications in prisons to reduce reoffending is just one element to the ambitious plans of a new CIC - Koi Sports.
+ Read moreInside Workout, a free fitness and wellbeing magazine designed specifically for inmates, is about to launch in prisons across the UK.
+ Read moreOrganisations using sport for positive social impact can benefit from new income streams thanks to Sporting Capital – England's first investor focused solely on Sport for Development.
+ Read moreRead all about a new prison rugby project in Hong Kong, set up with the Alliance of Sport's help, that aims to link young offenders with training, education and employment post-release.
+ Read moreExeter City, Cardiff City and Plymouth Argyle are working with local prisons to develop life skills and opportunities for offenders as part of a ground-breaking initiative called Alternative Lives.
+ Read moreThe Leeds Rhinos Foundation has extended its successful 'Onside' prison programme to launch 'Tackle It' - a project focusing on perpetrators and victims of domestic abuse.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport's James Mapstone led a 'Twitter takeover' in partnership with the Sport for Development Coalition and ConnectSport on Monday December 17.
+ Read moreSport for Development organisations could benefit from Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA) - a free online tool to develop digital and employability skills.
+ Read morePremiership Rugby's flagship education and employability programme HITZ is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
+ Read more3Pillars has expanded its offering to adults and young people in the criminal justice system to include qualifications and employment in the fitness and wellbeing industry.
+ Read moreRead our Co-Founder and Chair James Mapstone's guest blog on sport's role in crime prevention for ConnectSport.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has started working with Homeless Rugby CIC to discover how rugby can provide support for people in, or exiting, the criminal justice system.
+ Read moreA football league is being launched for young people in Banbury to raise awareness of the dangers of county lines – set up by two men with lived experience of its devastating effects.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport congratulates David Dein on the launch of the Twinning Project on Wednesday at Wembley Stadium.
+ Read moreHM Prison High Down in Banstead has seen a reduction in violence among inmates who are taking part in sessions run by Brighton Table Tennis Club.
+ Read moreRead how going to an Alliance of Sport Positive Action Group meeting led to Jamie Grundy successfully applying to research the impact of football at HMP & YOI Prescoed in south Wales.
+ Read moreThe impact of Fundacion Espartanos' rugby programme at a Buenos Aires jail has been remarkable. We speak to Director Pablo Gloggler who is now spreading its positive effects across the world.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is collaborating in a pilot project led by ukactive to provide people leaving prison with training and employment opportunities in the physical activity sector.
+ Read moreRecognition for our sector has hit another new milestone with the launch of a ‘Sport for social change’ category at the prestigious Sports Journalists’ Association awards.
+ Read moreRead how the award-winning charity Boxing Futures use the sport to tackle mental health, wellbeing and social isolation with people in and around the criminal justice system.
+ Read moreJustin Coleman explains the role the Alliance of Sport is playing in training delivery staff for an exciting EFL Trust-funded prison project led by Exeter City FC Community Trust.
+ Read moreRead exclusive extracts from a The Rugby Journal article after they visited a 3 Pillars Project rugby session inside Cookham Wood YOI.
+ Read moreGloves Not Gunz is an organisation with all the ingredients that go into a successful sport-based intervention – and yet another example of the power of boxing to reduce crime.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport welcomes Prisons Minister Rory Stewart's new 'model excellence' for our 10 most challenging prisons and looks forward to opportunities to showcase the part sport can play.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport visits Saracens Sport Foundation's Get Onside project which uses rugby and mentoring to build resilience, discipline, ambition and life skills with offenders in Feltham YOI.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport welcomes the long-awaited publication of the Review of Sport in Youth and Adult Prisons and looks forward to supporting its recommendations. Read our full statement.
+ Read moreFormer inmate Pete Bell's football and mentoring programme in custody is achieving notable results. We spoke to him as the Ministry of Justice launched its Review of Sport in Prisons.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport Chair and Co-Founder, James Mapstone, gives a passionate personal response to the Government's rejection of proposals to pilot boxing programmes in prisons.
+ Read moreAnna Upson, senior National Research Committee member, gives important information for Alliance of Sport members on how to conduct research into prison-based sport projects.
+ Read moreSport's full potential in reducing crime will only be unlocked with a joined-up approach and more risk-taking across criminal justice, a DCMS Committee has been told.
+ Read moreIn his latest blog, Alliance of Sport Co-Founder and Secretariat, Justin Coleman, gives guidance on setting goals and the importance of considering ACEs in achieving sustainable behaviour change.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport's "sports club" project is giving incarcerated young offenders the opportunity to develop "physically, behaviourally and psychologically," says researcher Dr Juliette Stebbings.
+ Read moreNottingham Forest FC have become the first professional football club to partner with the charity Clean Sheet and offer employment opportunities to people with criminal convictions.
+ Read moreFight for Peace has been awarded a National Lottery grant to train community organisations in how to use sport to prevent youth violence.
+ Read moreIn the last of our features to highlight #GreatCoaching during Coaching Week, we speak to Matt Airey from the Leeds Rhinos Foundation's Onside project, which has now expanded into four prisons.
+ Read moreWe visit Chance To Shine's Crime Awareness Programme - the latest example of #GreatCoaching by those using sport to engage young people caught up in the cycle of crime and imprisonment.
+ Read moreAs part of our celebration of #greatcoaching throughout Coaching Week, we speak to Marlon Boateng of AIR Sports Network, who use sport to engage hard-to-reach individuals in the community and prisons.
+ Read moreAs part of our week celebrating #GreatCoaching, we speak to the award-winning Marcellus Baz about his incredible journey from gang member to founder of Nottingham School of Boxing.
+ Read moreTo celebrate Coaching Week we're showcasing #greatcoaching in and around the criminal justice system. First up, it's Positive Futures Gwent, who use sport to enrich troubled lives in south-east Wales.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is joining the All Party Parliamentary Group on Boxing to help demonstrate the sport's benefits to Government, decision-makers and wider society.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is launching a pilot programme to gather evidence on how sport can support looked-after children - who are over-represented in the criminal justice system.
+ Read moreThe Daily Mile, the hugely successful initiative that is boosting children's physical activity levels across the world, is looking to expand delivery into the Secure Estate.
+ Read moreA first-of-its-kind degree course is set to open up new career possibilities for experienced practitioners working in the Sport for Development sector.
+ Read moreNina Champion, Alliance of Sport Steering Group member and Head of Policy at the Prisoners' Education Trust, explains why there never been a better time for sports organisations to work in prisons.
+ Read moreFootball saved Pete Bell following his release from prison. He's now determined to use the game to help current inmates break the damaging cycle of offending.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport's Tanayah Sam explains the link between young people's media consumption and the shocking rise in gang violence – and how sport may be able to intervene.
+ Read moreWe discover how Street Soccer Scotland is spreading its impact by taking its award-winning community work through the prison gate.
+ Read moreFind out how police have positively engaged with youngsters in an anti-social behaviour hotspot in Bristol by organising bike races and maintenance workshops.
+ Read moreIn his latest blog on engaging participants in sport, Alliance of Sport Co-Founder and Secretariat, Justin Coleman, discusses the crucial final stages – getting them active and 'sticking with it'.
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport Co-Founder, Justin Coleman, shares more highlights from our recent Review of Community Sport, with insights on engaging those who are still "thinking about it".
+ Read moreAlliance of Sport Co-Founder, Justin Coleman, picks out some of the highlights from our recent review of community sport, with some priceless insights on engagement from those on the front line.
+ Read moreRead how Sport4Life use sport as an engagement 'hook' to develop the confidence, life skills and employability of at-risk young people, many of whom have been through the criminal justice system.
+ Read moreWe visit AIR Sports Network, who have worked with over 13,000 hard-to-reach and disadvantaged men and women across London, Kent and Essex since 2007.
+ Read moreIn his latest blog, Co-Founder James Mapstone explains how the Alliance of Sport is using its members' great work to influence policy and practice at the highest level.
+ Read moreActive Communities Network, who recently featured in our Review of Sport in Criminal Justice, have won a coveted Laureus Sport for Good award at a ceremony in Monaco.
+ Read moreWe visited Active Communities Network's Havant programme which exemplifies sport's power to change the lives of young people with serious and complex issues.
+ Read moreWe visited Charlton Athletic Community Trust and discovered an organisation deeply embedded in its local community, using sport as a vehicle to improve lives and fight crime.
+ Read moreRead how TSA Projects and Chance to Shine joined forces to steer at-risk young people in Birmingham away from drugs, gangs and knife crime.
+ Read moreIf you're a young person in need of support in Coventry, it's fair to say that the Positive Youth Foundation has got your back. Read about their incredible work.
+ Read moreFounded on the troubled streets of Rio's favelas, Fight For Peace (FFP) has now spread to 26 countries. Its distinctive philosophy for reducing youth violence is intriguing and highly effective.
+ Read moreStreets Revolution is a 'social franchise' that uses football as a tool to help improve the lives of some of society's most vulnerable people.
+ Read moreRead how Pause & Engage uses sport and mentoring to help at-risk youngsters in north Somerset hit back from tough starts in life.
+ Read moreBased in one of the UK's most deprived communities, Sporting Chance North East combines sport and education to throw a lifeline to some of the area's most hard-to-reach young people.
+ Read moreRead how Anfield North Liverpool Boxing Club acts as a hub for fighting knife crime, anti-social behaviour and substance abuse in the local community.
+ Read moreRead how the 3 Pillars Project uses the power of sport and positive role models to achieve life-changing personal development with inmates at two London prisons.
+ Read moreThe charity Clean Sheet is keen to link up with sporting organisations that can offer ex-offenders the chance of employment upon their release from prison.
+ Read moreThe dawn of 2018 brings with it two small but significant changes to our organisation.
+ Read moreLed by the inspirational Sunny Dhadley, SUIT (Service User Involvement Team) have been using sport to support Wolverhampton's most vulnerable and marginalised people for over a decade.
+ Read moreWe visited Positive Futures Gwent to see how the project uses sport to make a real impact on the most disadvantaged communities in south-east Wales.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport's Tanayah Sam played a major role as the Commission on Gangs and Violence launched its report at Villa Park last week.
+ Read moreRead how the Leeds Rhinos Foundation uses the power of sport, alongside personal development, to prepare offenders for release back into society.
+ Read moreAlliance Co-Founders James and Justin collect their thoughts after visiting 13 sport organisations in England and Wales as part of our MoJ Review of Sport in Criminal Justice.
+ Read moreHow can third-sector sport organisations survive - and thrive - in these times of economic austerity? Researcher Cath Walker provides some insight.
+ Read moreThe Home Office has asked us to share vital guidance for frontline professionals on combating the growing problem of so-called 'county lines' child exploitation by criminal gangs.
+ Read moreThe UDOIT! Dance Foundation uses StreetDance to reduce youth offending and boost physical activity. They have now reached a critical phase in their growth – and have called on the Alliance's help.
+ Read moreWe ask PhD researcher Dave Woods what his new systemic review tells us about sport's psychological impact on people in prison.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is to lead a major review of the use of sport across the youth justice system in England and Wales.
+ Read moreWe are proud to have played a part in the launch of the world's first prison parkrun, taking place at HMP Haverigg in Cumbria.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport is immensely proud to announce John McAvoy as our first Sporting Ambassador.
+ Read moreIn his latest blog, Alliance Co-Founder and Chair, James Mapstone, explains why our review of sport in youth justice is such an important milestone.
+ Read moreThe story of how an ex-offender from east London influences the Argentinian justice system may prove to be the best example yet of the power of the NASDC network.
+ Read moreWe are proud to have been granted £100,000 by Sport England to research and develop the use of sport in bridging the gap between custody and community.
+ Read moreThe Sport West Midlands Project is well worth sharing across the sector. By harnessing the power of sport, they are making communities safer and achieving tangible outcomes for young people.
+ Read moreMeet Dan Rochester; Senior Youth Worker at Kinetic Youth, valued NASDC member and living proof of the power of sport in tackling crime.
+ Read moreStuart Felce, Strategic Lead in Community Safety at StreetGames, outlines how membership of the NASDC has benefitted the doorstep sport charity.
+ Read moreNASDC Co-Founder and Director of Operations, Justin Coleman, reflects on an unforgettable trip to New York which saw the Alliance recognised with a prestigious Beyond Sport Global Award.
+ Read moreWe are immensely proud and honoured to have won the Beyond Sport global award for 'Best Partnership or Collaboration' in New York City!
+ Read moreKickboxing is playing a big part in tackling crime and healing community divisions in Derry/Londonderry, as post-conflict tensions continue to damage young people's lives in the city.
+ Read moreIn his second blog, James Mapstone talks about the importance of building a robust evidence base and how our new Positive Action Group will help make the case for future policy and practice.
+ Read morePublic Health England's influence has already proved hugely beneficial to the Alliance of Sport. PHE's Jackie Roberts explains why the Alliance is having a 'real impact' on health, wellbeing and crime
+ Read moreLJ Flanders is only 27, but his life experiences already include a spell in prison, qualifying as a fitness trainer, writing a best-selling book and meeting Prince Charles.
+ Read moreTanayah Sam is living proof that the destructive cycle of re-offending can be broken. His experiences - both harrowing and uplifting - are an asset to the Alliance's body of expertise.
+ Read moreUltramarathon runner Andy Mouncey is taking his brand of physical and mental training into prisons in a pioneering rehabilitation project for offenders and their families.
+ Read moreThe NASDC has launched its new Theory of Change – a vision for how sport can work together with the development and criminal justice sectors to achieve maximum impact.
+ Read moreThe 2nd Chance Group, who power the Alliance of Sport, has been highlighted nationally as an example of best practice in using sport to achieve social change.
+ Read moreA new study from England Boxing (“The role of Boxing in Development: A social marketing perspective”) has revealed how and why the sport is so successful in helping to combat anti-social behaviour.
+ Read moreThe Alliance of Sport has launched its new Theory of Change – a vision for how sport can work together with the development and criminal justice sectors to achieve maximum impact.
+ Read more3 Pillars Project works within the criminal justice system to provide positive role models through rugby coaching courses and using excellence in sport and military leadership.
+ Read morePrisons Minister, Andrew Selous, gave a speech on 23rd September about the landscape for rehabilitating offenders, reducing reoffending and the challenges ahead. In his speech he covered Transforming
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